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J.BE0HE. TURBINE WATER WHEEL.

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' JEAN BIJOHE, or HUGKESWAGEN, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

TURBINE WATER WH EEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,571, dated October14, 1884.

Application filed December 26, 1883. No model.) Patented in GermanyMarch 19, 1882, No. 20,013; in Belgium August 16, 1882, No. 58,610, andin France September 2, 1882, No.150,9-20.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J EAN Bflonii, a citizen of Prussia, residing atHiickeswagen, Rhine Province,Germany,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Turbine \Vater- Wheels, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to turbine waterwheels; and theimprovement consistsin providing means whereby any number of the gates may be opened orclosed at will, and

, securely held in position free from the liabil ity of being misplacedor disturbed by any irregular means, such as thevibration of the wholewheel or from objects floating in the water.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure 1 shows an elevation of a wheel containingmy improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection 011 the line C D, (see Fig. 1.) Fig. 4 is a hori zontal sectionon line A B, (see Fig. 1.) Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line E F, (seeFig. 2.") Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 are enlarged views of the gates indifferent positions.

F is the main shaft, upon which the wheel M is secured.

. f f are the buckets on the wheel M.

e e are the gates or cocks through which the water passes. These gatesor cocks are made on the plan of the ordinary stop-cock, and have theusual water-way cut therein.

1) b are the tops of the gates o e, and are shaped as shown in Fig. 4.

c 0 represent two curved flanges on the tops b of the gates. Theseflanges are placed in the position shown in Figs. 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9, andare made on a circle slightly smaller than the inside of the circularflange k, situated on the edge of the crown-plate G.

a n are chutes or spouts to convey the water to the buckets f f after ithas passed through the gates e e.

I is an outwardly-extending arm, the inner end of which surrounds theshaft F, and is fastened rigidly to the main frame of the wheel at h.

H is a shaft passing through the outer end of the arm I, at right anglestherewith.

his a small cog-wheel gearing into another cog-wheel, g, secu red on thetop of the crownplate G.

at is a collar fitting round the shaft F, and forming a bearing for theupper end of said shaft.

(Z (Z are two cams attached to the crownplate G on opposite sides.

a a are two notches cut into the inner side of the flange 7.1,immediately underneath the cams d d.

To open or close the gates e e, the shaft H is turned in the requireddirection. This turns the small cog-wheel h, which conveys the motion tothe wheel g, thus revolving the crowirplate G and cams d (l. The cams dd, in moving round, strike the projecting points of the tops I) b of thegates e e and turn them in the direction in which the cams are moving.As the flanges b b form an angle on the top of each gate, and are madeon a circle slightly smaller than the inside of the flange or rim 7r, itwill be readily seen that the gates e 6 can only be moved when thenotches a a. in the flange k are brought immediately over or oppositethe points or angles formed by the flanges c c on the gates e a. Afterthe cams (Z d and notches a a have passed over any gate, it is securelyheld in position by the flange or rim 7; operating on the flanges c c onthe top of the gates. If necessary, the wheel may be operated with onlyone of the notches a (a and cams I) b,- but two of said cams and notchesplaced on opposite sides, as herein shown, will be found to work muchmore smoothly and better.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent, is

1. A water-wheel having the crown-plate G, provided with the rim orflange 7c, and one or more of the notches a a and cams (Z d, incombination with the gates c e, having the flanges c 0, substantially asand for the purpose shown and described.

2. In a water-wheel, the combination, with a crownplate, G, providedwith the flange or rim it, having a switch or notch, a, and cam cl, ofgates 0, having tops b, provided with flange 0, and suitable means forrevolving said crown-plate, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.A

, JEAN BE'OHE. Witnesses;

ALB. NnYER, CARL DEIMANN.

